a. Toes webbed at the base. 221. Semipalmated Plover. 
b. Toes not webbed at the base. 
(1). A continuous black breast band. 223. Belted Piping Plover. 
(2). Black band interrupted on center of breast. 222. Piping Plover. 
Family 2. APHRIZIDAE. Turnstone. 
The single species found in Ohio is found along the shore of Lake Erie during the migrations. 
There it is found gleaning like the Killdeer at the water’s edge or among the higher drift. 
\ 224. Turnstone. 
Family 3. ScoLopactpArk. Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 
The birds comprising this group are for the most part inhabiters of wet places, probing in the 
soft mud for worms and insects. Some species can move the tip of the bill independently of the rest 
of the bill, and so are enabled to grasp the morsel of food under ground, or form a hook to draw 
it out. Some are found on the uplands gleaning from the surface much like the Plovers. During 
the nesting season many have what might be called songs if these birds belonged to the singers. 
Many also have whistled calls during the migrations. All nest on the ground. 
I. Bill over 2 inches long. : 
A. Bill over 5 inches long. 249. Long-=billed Curlew. 
B. Bill under 4.50. 
tr. Bill curved downward. 
a. Bill about 3.75. 250. Hudsonian Curlew. 
b. Bill about 2.40. 251. Eskimo Curlew. 
2. Bill straight or curved upward. 
a. Bill over 3.00. 
(1). Upper tail-coverts white. 240. Hudsonian Godwit. 
(2). Upper tail-coverts not white. 239. Marbled Godwit. 
b. Bill under 3.00. 
(1). Bill widened and pitted at the tip. 
(a). Wing about 5.75. 227. Dowitcher. 
(b). Wing about 6.00. 228. Long-billed Dowitcher. 
(2). Bill not widened at the tip. 
(a). Wing over 7.50. 
(al). Axillars barred. 241. Greater Yellow-legs. 
(bl). Axillars not barred. 244. Willet. 
(b). Wing under 6.00. 
(al). Axillars barred. 226. Wilson Snipe. 
(bl). Axillars not barred. 225. American Woodcock. 
II. Bill under 2.00. 
A. Toes 3. 238. Sanderling. 
B. Toes 4. 
1. Tail barred. 
a. Wing under 4.50. 248. Spotted Sandpiper. 
b. Wing over 5.00. 
(1). Wing over 6.00. 
(a). Tail feathers showing much white. 242. Yellow-legs. 
(b). Tail feathers without white. 246. Bartramian Sandpiper. 
(2). Wing under 5.50. 
(a). Upper parts spotted with white. 243. Solitary Sandpiper. 
(b). Upper parts not spotted with white. 247. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 
2. Tail not barred. 
a. Bill over 1.10. 
(1). Wing over 6.50. 230. Knot. 
(2). Wing about 6.00. 245. Ruff. 
(3). Wing under 5.75. 
(a). Tarsus over 1.50. 229. Stilt Sandpiner. 
(b). Tarsus under 1.50. 
(al). ‘With white in the wing. 231. Purple Sandpiper. 
(bl). Without white in the wing. 232. Pectoral Sandpiper. 
(cl). Without white in wing, belly with black. 236. Red=backed Sandpiper. 
b. Bill under 1.00. 
(1). Wing over 4.50. 
(a). Upper tail-coverts white. 233. White-rumped Sandpiper. 
(b). Upper tail-coverts fuscous. 234. Baird Sandpiper. 
(2). Wing under 4.00. 
(a). Toes partly webbed. 237. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
(b). Toes not webbed. 235. Least Sandpiper. 
